This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/472.1 Message Board Post: Mark wrote: "he was 9 yrs old, living at 568 West Cedar with GRANDPARENTS Dewane Hull and Geneva Hull. No kids at this time." Mark, would you clarify what you mean by "no kids at this time?" I agree that it appears that Gordon Smith's mother was Velma or Jessie. The birth date for the following Social Security Death Index record are consistent with the Gordon Smith you're researching. If you procure his SS5 Application for Social Security Number, it will state both parents' names (if Gordon knew them). Also, armed with the birth date you can write to the Grant County records office and get a copy of his birth certificate. Here's the SSDI info: GORDON SMITH Born 12 May 1921 Died Feb 1986 Residence at death 53818 Platteville, Grant, WI Last Benefit 53818 Platteville, Grant, WI SSN 572-42-4582 issued in CA (Before 1951) You may already have the following information about Dewane and his wives: HULL, DEWANE married BUTSON, SUSIE E. on 30 Dec 1891 in Grant Co. WI HULL, DEWANE married POLANDER, NEVA on 15 Dec 1897 in Grant Co. WI